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Open Letter To Chief Justice, Andhra Pradesh High Court Regarding UAPA Charges On Mr. V. S. Krishna And Others

Posted on December 5, 2020 | Leave a comment

An Open Letter to

The Honourable Chief Justice,

Andhra Pradesh High Court

 4 December, 2020

We, as a group working towards achieving a safer and more just society for women, are writing this open letter to you in great dismay at some recent developments in Andhra Pradesh state.

As you are aware, the alleged gang-rape case of 11 adivasi women of the Kondh tribe by 13 men of AP Special Police personnel during a raid conducted in Vakapalli, has had a long legal history since August 2007, first in High Court of Andhra Pradesh and then in Supreme Court, and now in the SC/ST Special Court where it is in the final stages of hearing. After a decade-long chequered legal battle, the Supreme Court in 2017 ordered that the case be heard by an SC/ST Special Court. Whether the High Court or Supreme Court, the judiciary stood by the victims all these years and has helped to institute a special court for hearing the case.

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Open Letter To The Prime Minister Regarding BJP’s Threats To Women

Posted on February 9, 2020 | Leave a comment
OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER, SHRI NARENDRA MODI
Feb 3, 2020
VOTE FOR BJP OR YOU WILL GET RAPED? IS THIS YOUR MESSAGE TO DELHI’S WOMEN?
YOUR PARTY IS ALSO EXHORTING MOBS TO AIM BULLETS AT WOMEN & CHILDREN.
PLEASE STOP YOUR PARTY FROM THREATENING WOMEN WITH VIOLENCE.
FIGHT THE ELECTION UPHOLDING THE DIGNITY OF OUR CONSTITUTION.
Dear Mr. Prime Minister:
We speak to you as women of this country, and the women of Delhi – Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Adivasi and Dalit – who are horrified at the atmosphere of violence against women that members of your party have created merely to try and win an election.

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Open Letter To The Woman Complainant In The CJI Sexual Harassment Case

Posted on May 30, 2019 | Leave a comment

To the complainant in the CJI sexual harassment case:

We stand by you and your demands to seek justice

Dear friend,

For the past month, we have been public witnesses to the unjust harassment faced by you and your family since the sexual harassment complaint against the current Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi went public.

As women and people belonging to marginalised castes, classes, communities, genders, sexualities and nationalities; as survivors of everyday gendered discrimination, harassment and violence, we at WSS write this open letter to you to say that we will work with you to ensure that due process is followed and that all institutions are held accountable, even at the highest court of the country. Continue reading →

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Open Letter To Chief Minister, West Bengal

Posted on January 12, 2018 | Leave a comment

To,

The Chief Minister,

West Bengal

Madam,

Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS), a nationwide network of women who oppose and resist state repression and sexual violence against women and girls, strongly condemns your government’s anti-people, anti-democratic actions in unleashing state terror against the struggling people of Bhangor.

Madam, your misuse of state power to crush a people’s movement is even more ironic, given that you came into power on the promise of a pro-people, democratic government. Instead, in the eight years of your rule, your government has grown ever more autocratic and anti-people. Continue reading →

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Memorandum to the Chhattisgarh CM

Posted on February 23, 2016 | Leave a comment

To
Sh. Raman Singh,
The Chief Minister,
Chhattisgarh.

(Through the Resident Commissioner of Chhattisgarh Bhawan, New Delhi)

Dt. 22nd February, 2016
Sir,

The attack on Soni Sori is part of a larger campaign of State violence in Bastar; Under the guise of anti-Naxal operations, the security forces are indulging in rape and plunder. Teams of women activists have documented three cases of mass sexual violence in the past three months, where security forces have entered villages in Sukma and Bijapur- stripping women, conducting gangrapes, looting their food supplies, and destroying their homes and granaries. The number of “encounters” is increasing, people are “disappearing” from villages, only to show up in the list of “surrendered” or “arrested” Naxalites several days later as press clippings and testimonies recount. The local police and administration are talking in one voice of “clearing” the area within one year. Continue reading →

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